Retired Bishop Michael Malone is being cross-examined by an abuse victim.

ABC News: Dan Cox

A former Hunter Valley Catholic Bishop has told a New South Wales Special Commission into clergy sexual abuse that the diocese has had its "fair share" of paedophilia.

The former Maitland-Newcastle Bishop Michael Malone has been cross-examined by Peter Gogarty, who was abused by Father James Fletcher and has been given special leave to cross-examine those giving evidence at the public hearings.